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Bullivant Houser Bailey

Healthcare attorney joins Bullivant
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, a multi-service West Coast law firm, has announced that Aaron Besen has joined the firm as an of counsel attorney in the firm’s Vancouver office. Besen will lead the firm’s long-term care group, which represents long-term care providers, landlords to these providers and other clients in the healthcare arena.

Over the last eight years, Besen has served as Vice President and General Counsel to Vancouver-based Evergreen Healthcare Management, L.L.C. While at Evergreen, he was responsible for the legal work of Evergreen Healthcare and its affiliated companies which managed or operated over 60 facilities in eight western states, including Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada.


Dick Matson, the shareholder-in-charge of the firm’s Vancouver office, is pleased Besen is joining the firm saying, “Representing long-term care providers such as skilled nursing and assisted living facilities is an area Bullivant has strength in and has wanted to formally develop for sometime. With Aaron’s background, we are excited to offer our clients an even deeper specialty in this rapidly growing field of the healthcare industry.”

Besen earned his law degree from Duke University, his MA from Columbia University, and his BA, magna cum laude, from Colgate University. He is admitted to practice law in Washington and Oregon, and the United States Tax Court.

01-11-2007

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Bryan Cave LLP

New Attorney Strengthens Firm’s Appellate, Class & Derivative Actions Groups
John Mark Thomas has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as of counsel in the firm’s Chicago office. Thomas joins Bryan Cave from the Ford Motor Company, where he served as counsel for special litigation since 1979. Thomas will join the firm’s Class & Derivative Actions Group, as well as its Appellate Group.

“John Mark Thomas joining Bryan Cave marks another important addition to our rapidly expanding Chicago office,” said Jeffrey W. Morof, managing partner of the Chicago office. “Thomas’ extensive experience in handling complex litigation and appeals will be a tremendous asset to the firm, and adds a new dimension to our Class and Derivative Actions Group, as well as our product liability and appellate expertise.”

Bryan Cave established its Chicago office at 161 N. Clark St. in 2001. In 2005, the firm doubled the size of the office to 40,000 square feet. Today, a growing team of more than 40 experienced attorneys serves clients in commercial litigation, health care litigation and counseling, banking and business finance, corporate transactions, labor and employment and product liability litigation.

While at Ford Motor Company, Thomas briefed and argued appeals in courts throughout the country, including the Supreme Courts of Michigan and Virginia. He was responsible for Ford’s class action and other complex litigation and supervised some of the most significant automotive class action trials in recent years, such as the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor class action tried to a defense verdict by a team that also included Bryan Cave attorneys Dan Ball and Peter Herzog. He is credited with developing Ford’s “advanced motions program,” which is designed to influence the long-term development of product liability law.

Thomas co-founded the Product Liability Advisory Council, the leading national organization filing amicus briefs in significant product liability cases, and served as its chair until 1988. Currently, he serves as a member of the council’s Case Selection Committee.

Thomas received his J.D. in 1977 from the University of Pittsburgh and his B.A. in 1973 from the University of Michigan.

01-11-2007

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Linda Friedman Visits China as a Member of a Delegation of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP partner Linda A. Friedman was appointed as a member of the delegation of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation as the only delegate from Alabama and one of only a few from a Southern state. The delegation's mission was to study and promote the Rule of Law in China, and to gather information about laws and business practices relating to foreign companies that invest or conduct business in China. They participated in meetings and programs with senior Chinese judges, Chinese lawyers, law students, law professors, government officials, and also with U.S. interests there such as the American Chamber of Commerce in China, US Embassy officials and the head of the American Bar Association's office in China.

01-11-2007

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McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods Partners in Richmond Named to Virginia Business 2006 "Legal Elite"
Virginia Business magazine named 35 lawyers in McGuireWoods LLP’s Richmond office on its annual “Virginia Legal Elite” list for 2006, published in its December issue. Each year, Virginia Business asks the members of the Virginia Bar Association to identify lawyers from around the Commonwealth for inclusion on this list. McGuireWoods has a total of 49 lawyers listed, including the following in Richmond:

* Maureen C. Ackerly, Young Lawyer
* James M. Anderson, III, Young Lawyer
* Mary Dalton Baril, Intellectual Property
* John S. Barr, Alternative Dispute Resolution
* Dennis I. Belcher, Taxes/Estates/Trusts
* Craig D. Bell, Taxes/Estates/Trusts
* J. William Boland, Civil Litigation
* William G. Broaddus, Civil Law
* Robert L. Burrus Jr., Business Law
* John V. Cogbill, III, Business Law
* Richard Cullen, Criminal Law
* W. Birch Douglass III, Taxes/Estates/Trusts
* Leslie A. Grandis, Business Law
* Kristen F. Hager, Young Lawyer
* Jonathan P. Harmon, Labor/Employment Law
* Joanne Katsantonis, Business Law
* Donald E. King, Business Law
* Gary S. Marshall, Labor/Employment Law
* James P. McElligott, Labor/Employment Law
* John M. Oakey Jr., Legal Services/ Public Service
* John B. O'Grady, Taxes/Estates/Trusts
* Rosewell Page, III, Civil Litigation
* Janet P. Peyton, Intellectual Property
* Brian C. Riopelle, Intellectual Property
* Thomas P. Rohman, Taxes/Estates/Trusts
* Dana Rust, Labor/Employment Law
* Rodney A. Satterwhite, Labor/Employment Law
* Thomas J. Stallings, Health Law
* Jacquelyn E. Stone, Immigration/Naturalization
* Robert M. Tyler, Intellectual Property
* Howard C. Vick Jr., Criminal Law
* James H. Walsh, Civil Litigation
* Anne Marie Whittemore, Civil Litigation
* Thomas S. Word Jr., Taxes/Estates/Trusts
* W. Carter Younger, Labor/Employment Law

01-11-2007

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Wiggin and Dana LLP

Wiggin and Dana Adds to Corporate Practice as Paul R. McMenamin Joins New York Office
Wiggin and Dana is pleased to welcome Paul R. McMenamin as a partner in its New York office. He joins the firm’s Business Practice Group.

01-11-2007

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Phillips Lytle, L.L.P.

PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP PARTNER JAMES R. GRASSO PENS ARTICLE FOR IN-HOUSE DEFENSE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE
James R. Grasso, a Partner with Phillips Lytle LLP, a full service law firm with statewide coverage, had an article published in the 2007 winter edition of In-House Defense Quarterly (IDQ) magazine. Mr. Grasso’s article titled “The Nuts and Bolts of Employment Practices Liability Insurance,” gives a basic overview on the need for insurance, adequate coverage, and claims.

In-House Defense Quarterly (IDQ) magazine is published by DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, a national association of more than 22,000 defense trial lawyers, corporate counsel and others concerned with the defense of civil actions. IDQ magazine was created to address the specific needs of in-house defense counsel. Each issue includes a combination of feature full-length articles written by experienced DRI members and information and reports from leading content providers.

At Phillips Lytle, Mr. Grasso, Administrator of the firm’s Labor, Employment, and Immigration Practice Group, focuses he practice in the area of labor and employment on behalf of management in the private and public sectors. A member of the American, New York and Erie County Bar Associations, he holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from University at Buffalo School of Law and a B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Hobart College. In addition, Mr. Grasso serves on the Bornhava Board of Directors.

01-11-2007

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Johnson & Bell, Ltd.

Fetzer and Scott receive not guilty verdict for hospital client in multi-million dollar lawsuit
In a victory for Johnson & Bell Attorney Brian C. Fetzer's, left, hospital client, a trial court recently found the hospital did not cause wrongful death.

The plaintiff sued the hospital for wrongful death alleging it failed to timely diagnose breast cancer. The case proceeded to a three-week trial where the plaintiff sought seven and a half million dollars in damages. At the conclusion of the trial, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of all defendants.

Fetzer was assisted in the trial by Johnson & Bell Attorney Jared M. Scott, right. Fetzer is co-chairman and Scott a member of Johnson & Bell's Hospital Law & Medical Liability Group. For more information on the trial or on the Hospital Law & Medical Liability Group, please contact Brian C.

01-11-2007

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